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Late last night Kanye West dropped his "Power" remix. It's produced by Swizz Beatz, samples '80s legends Snap, and features Jay-Z. And it's pretty much everything you want in a remix. It's got up-to-the-second relevance and a slightly new but still banging beat. And it leaves with you with a lot to talk and think about.

Here's some of the watercooler lines you'll be dropping your jaw at after listening.

1. "They trying to Axl Rose you, welcome to the jungle." -- Jay-Z
Don't know exactly what this entails. Years in isolation? Repeatedly canceling concerts? Never releasing your album? Who cares!  It sounds dope!

2. "To be continued, we on that Norman Mailer sh**" -- Jay-Z
Hova invokes the name of famed novelist and journalist Norman Mailer. Perhaps he's been reading "The Naked And The Dead"? Well, based on what he says next, I peg him for a "Executioner's Song" man.

3. "In search of the truth even if it goes through Taylor Swift." -- Jay-Z
Boom goes the dynamite. Everybody had been waiting for last year's controversial MTV VMA interruption to be addressed on wax (so to speak) by Kanye. But 'Yeezy let Jay get the first shot.

4. "I don’t stop until I see the end, my vision clear, bitch. I’m on my Van Gogh, I don’t hear sh**." -- Kanye West
Forget Axl Rose, Kanye West is going Postimpressionist!

5. "What do it mean to be the boss? It mean second place is the first one who lost. The crucifixion, the being nailed to the cross. Truth or fiction, it’s a hell of a cost."- Kanye West
This is classic Kanye. Despite his ebullient Twitter persona, West is still our greatest artist with a persecution complex and the ability to constantly surprise us. And with Kanye West scheduled to perform at the 2010 MTV VMAs and Taylor Swift nominated for Best Female Video, well, as we all know... anything could happen.

+ Listen to Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Power (Remix)" here. (NSFW)

Don't miss the 2010 MTV VMAs live from Los Angeles on Sunday, September 12, at 9/8c! And don't forget to vote!

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Tags 2010 MTV VMAs, Axl Rose, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Song You Need To Know, Swizz Beatz, Taylor Swift, VMAs

+ Lady Gaga is so massive that Billboard magazine has created a special digital edition JUST for her. It features a sneak peek at her new album, and you can download it here for $4.99. Meanwhile, back at "regular" Billboard, their Lady Gaga cover story is all about the monster success of her Monster Ball tour. (Billboard)

+ Check out another photo from the set of "Glee" featuring Britney Spears. (Idolator)

+ Despite its bubbly feeling, Katy Perry says she wrote "California Gurls" out of jealousy. (MTV News)

+ Courtney Love sent daughter Frances Bean a pretty dysfunctional tweet masquerading as a birthday present. (TheFabLife)

+ Newly married Hilary Duff revealed a new look. Darker hair and a gradual transition into Drew Barrymore? (Us Magazine)

+ Finally, happy 18th birthday to Demi Lovato! Let's celebrate with her "Remember December" video, below. (HollywoodCrush)

Tags Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Demi Lovato, Glee, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, video

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Having followed Snoop Dogg's career relatively closely over the years--from his early days as California kid rapping over Dr. Dre beats, to solo career superstardom, movie roles, reality shows and everything  in between--I feel like I can safely say that I have never seen the usually subdued Dogg as elated as he looks in the above picture.

That might have something to do with the fact that in the above picture, Snoop has just detonated a four-ton armored truck in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Snoop got explosive outside of Vegas as part of a promotion for the upcoming social video game "Mafia Wars: Las Vegas." Snoop made the car go boom in honor of the video game's 10 millionth visitor.

Seriously, have you ever seen someone so happy? You could have told him that Dr. Dre would be producing his new album, the Raiders had just won the Super Bowl, and it was going to be Christmas every day, and I don't think you would have gotten a smile that big.

Check out more photos of Snoop blowing up a truck. "Mafia Wars: Las Vegas" is out now.

Tags Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Star Spotting

We all know that Taylor Swift's new single, "Mine," from her upcoming Speak Now album, is all about her love life. And we all know that her upcoming "Mine" video, shot in Kennebunk, Maine, features Taylor in a gorgeous wedding dress and costars "Black Swan" actor Toby Hemingway as her love interest.

But in this exclusive sneak peek of Taylor Swift's "Mine" video, which she codirected with Roman White, we don't get to see the actual wedding (yet). But we do get to see the surprise proposal. We also get a look at Taylor Swift, who's nominated for a 2010 MTV VMA for Best Female Video, singing and twirling in a dreamy forest where photographs hang from trees. We also see a little girl -- presumably symbolic of a young Taylor Swift -- Taylor and Toby Hemingway walking on the beach, laying on a couch and also fighting. It's an incomplete look at a love story, and we can't wait to see how it turns out.

Watch this exclusive sneak peek of Taylor Swift's "Mine" video, then watch the premiere of "Mine" on Friday, August 27, at 8:30/7:30c on MTV.com.

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Train is a perfect band for Unplugged. It's acoustic friendly, and the band members have a real personable charm that translates well to small venues.

On the heels of their biggest song to date, "Hey, Soul Sister," Train shot an exclusive "Unplugged" show, performing, of course, "Hey, Soul Sister," "Drops Of Jupiter," "If It's Love" and more, totally stripped down.

Watch Train's "Unplugged" versions of "Hey, Soul Sister" and "Drops Of Jupiter" below. And watch the rest of the show, including interview, here.

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Here we have the latest slab of epic awesomeness from Jared Leto and his merry band of musicians, Thirty Seconds To Mars. Directed by Jared Leto (under the name Bartholomew Cubbins), this is "Closer To The Edge," and it's one of the better concert-oriented/live-footage videos we've seen in some time.

"Closer To The Edge" will, of course, be old news to 30STM fans, aka The Echelon across the pond, but it's only just now getting play in the States. It follows the band on its lengthy Into The Wild tour. Buzzworthy readers already got a look behind the scenes of the tour via Leto's excellent tour diary series, but this video gives you a much more visceral and stylish peek into the world of a touring band.

We see some excellent performance shots, great scenery and lots of interaction with fans, which is clearly a priority for the band.

Check out the "Closer To The Edge" video below.

Tags Jared Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars, video

Paramore's busy touring the country on the Honda Civic Tour, but frontwoman Hayley Williams has been lobbying her Twitter followers for a 2010 VMA win. "Ignorance" is nominated for Best Rock Video, and her "Airplanes" collaboration with B.o.B. is up for Video of the Year. And she's also been blogging here on Buzzworthy to keep us up to date on life on the road. In her first blog post, Hayley revealed how it feels to be the only girl in the band. Then she wrote all about touring with New Found Glory, Tegan And Sara and Kadawatha. In this moving post, Hayley talks about supporting Love146, a charity that raises awareness and resources to combat child sex trafficking. Check out Posted.mtv.com for more Paramore photos, videos, blog posts and updates from the road.

Hey guys,

Welcome back to my blog! I'm having a lot of fun with this. Today, however, I want to get just a little bit serious. As a band, we have worked with a few different charities and nonprofit organizations over the years. But there is one in particular that we are extremely passionate about, and I really want to share it with you guys. It's called Love146.

So, question, have any of you ever seen the movie "Taken"? I won't give away too much in case you haven't...but this movie deals heavily with the issue of sex trafficking. (If you've never seen it, it's a must!) And just like in the movie, Love146 has one goal, which is to liberate young girls and boys who have been kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. We've been working with them for about two years now and have been able to be a part of rescuing young women and men from the grips of sexual and just about every other kind of abuse.

Sex trafficking is not just in Third World countries; it is literally everywhere. Even in your own town. The commercial sex industry is one of the most largely successful crimes in the whole world. So why is it that we can ignore this issue so easily? Maybe if we realized that there was something we could actually do, personally, to help stop it, then we'd be a little more inspired to take action. Over the past two years we have raised money by selling exclusive merch items and donated profits to Love146 to help their cause...but it wasn't until early this year, when we met some of the rescued victims, that we really saw all of it come together. When the people at Love146 told us they were actually going to bring some of the girls they had rescued out to our show, we were expecting to meet a group of people that were lifeless and frail. And at one point, they were...but the girls that we got to meet that night were dancing and laughing and holding on to us like they were the happiest people in the world. I didn't understand how people who had been imprisoned and treated like they weren't even human could be so happy now. Made all the problems in my life seem so insignificant. All I wanted to do was hang out with these girls who had once been forgotten. I wanted to tell them how they were actually heroes. It changed my life to see these stories that I'd heard for so long come to life. And I realized that Love146 wasn't just statistics and percentages. It's real people who deserve the same chance as all of us.

+ Read more of Hayley's blog after the jump.
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Tags 2010 MTV VMAs, Hayley Williams, Paramore, Posted, video, VMAs

Not that she ever lost it, but Beyoncé's definitely still got it. "It," of course, being killer, to-die-for curves, as you can't NOT clearly see on the September 2010 cover of Self magazine, which features Beyoncé -- who's up for five 2010 MTV VMAs, including Best Female Video, against Taylor Swift -- in a body-hugging neon bandage dress. As if being one of the sexiest, curviest, AND most talented women on the planet (married to one of the most talented MEN on the planet) weren't enough (because it'd certainly be enough for me), Beyoncé's also one of Self's Women Doing Good award winners for her ongoing to charity work. So, when your mom told you nobody's perfect, she actually lied to you. I mean, just witness that fitness.

+ Watch Beyoncé's VMA-nominated "Video Phone" video.

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2AM Club is a Los Angeles band that makes sleek and sexy nighttime music. But little is known about its actual members -- their thoughts, their hopes, their dreams. Well, this exclusive Buzzworthy Q&A will hopefully go some way in rectifying that situation.

The band immediately gets down to the nitty-gritty, talking about their nostalgic feelings for the Bay Area bar they named their group after and the special place the dive holds in their hearts.

The band goes on to talk about the importance of engaging an audience and the wonder with which they watch their songs impact a room full of people, while playing live.

The sound they make, the one that excites crowds so much, is the next topic, as the band discusses what influenced its music. You'll also hear all about what the members of 2AM Club were doing before they were 2AM Club.

Check out the Q&A, as well as the video for the group's single "Worry About You," both below.

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"Veronica Mars" is a pretty great show that I happen to be watching right now on DVD. And for as much entertainment that I get out of it, one thing kind of bugs me. I always feel like Kristen Bell is not that good of a crier. Like, come on girl, you and Logan are meant to be together...show me something! Right?

I have no idea what has transpired between "Veronica Mars" going off the air and Kristen Bell appearing in Yeasayer's incredibly strange "Madder Red" video, but whatever it is, Bell is now an A+ crier. What's even more strange is what she's crying at.

The "Madder Red" video, from Yeasayer's acclaimed Odd Blood album, finds Bell caring for and eventually (SPOILER) mourning over what Wired magazine describes as a "sentient pet meatwad." I can't really best that description.

Directed by Andreas Nilsson, this is a truly strange and offbeat music video. Check it out below. Odd Blood is out now.

+ Watch Yeasayer's "Madder Red" video, here.

Tags Kristen Bell, video, Yeasayer